Batting tips for one day matches

[yorkshire]

Hi all

I'd be grateful if anyone could post in here some tips about how to construct a proper innings in the 50 over format with the bat. Ideally I'd like to score in excess of 260-270 but even on easy mode I often struggle to score much more than about 220. At the beginning of the innings my batsman are typically slow and hardly ever rotate the strike, often resulting in about 25 runs off the first ten overs. However, whenever I try to accelerate I seem to lose a bucketload of wickets at once, forcing me to defend once more. Only cameos from attacking players down the order help me to a decent total. So can anyone help me on this score? Any tips about how to play would be great, thanks.

[mr tree]

i've settled into...

two (bars of aggression) for my openers for the first two or four overs - let them see the ball a bit
then four bars til six overs... five bars til 10 overs... seven bars til 14... eight bars thereafter...

i try and get new batsmen up to speed pretty quickly, but obviously will scale it back if we're struggling... so for example, if we're three down after 15 overs, the last two specialist batsmen (if your wickie or bowlers aren't much cop) might stay on four or five bars until 25-30 overs...

[DaveK93]

Personally, I go aggressive from the off, but it largely depends on my openers. Generally, I go 5 bars for the openers, pushing it up to 6 after 10 overs if they are still in. Should an opener depart, no 3. comes in at 4 bars for 2/3 overs, before gradually increasing to the level of the other batsman. I don't push it past 5 bars until the 30th over, and the only ones to go higher are the openers if they are still there.

After 30 overs, anyone on 5 bars goes up to 6. It remains that way until the 40th over, at which point I go full aggression IF I have 5-6 wickets in the bag. If I have less than 4 wickets left, then I remain at 6 bars, and take what I can get. My England line up for ODI's currently consists of batsmen or A/R's up to man 11, so I usually have a lot of runs in the order.

Should the weather be detrimental to my batting chances, I duck the aggression levels down by 1 at each stage except the end. Generally, I range between 280-300 for ODI's, with a highest of 422, and a lowest of 189. It helps that I have 5 very good bowlers so I am confident to attack.

In the case of a chase, I use the top 3 to smash as many as possible on agg. level 6, then anyone after that is assessed on match situation, and their batting aggression levels. I.E., I'm more likely to encourage James Taylor to continue biffing, whereas in a big chase, I use Joe Root to hold an end and free up the other batsman.

[Alrounder80]

I start of openers at 4 bars for few overs before moving them onto 5 until the power plays are introduced. Usually 6 bars for the PPs and 7 from maybe 42 over onwards and full aggression for the last 3 overs. You can adjust the aggression depending on the run rate and how settled the batsmen are. One thing I tend to do is identify the weak bowlers in the opposition. You can do this by checking their current season stats (as well as career stats). If they are poor; the bowler is either out of form, or not that good. So once you've done this, attack that bowler(s) (say one more aggression bar than the other bowlers). Opposingly, if you come across an absolutely brilliant bowler, you may think about playing at a lower aggression against that bowler. Just be proactive. And rather than skipping the whole over (by pressing 'play over'), click the 'next ball' option each time, which is right beside 'play over'. The highlight options can be whatever you prefer, but by clicking 'next ball' every time, you're able to react to what's happening much more effectively.

[yorkshire]

Great, thanks for the help guys, I'll see how it goes

[cricfan1]

I also feel problem in one day and 20-20

[Donners]

I find the short-form games incredibly hard. If I play conservatively (3-4 bars) for much of the game, we barely make 200. If I try to be aggressive, the side crumbles. I'm in 2040, so it's not just one bad batch of players (although batsmen do seem to be getting worse over time).

[estmsm]

I start with 5 bars... Even if my wickets keep falling i continue with 5 bars unless tailenders arrive... When my batsmen get 70% settled then increase the aggression by 1 bar i.e. 6 bars... And then wait for them to get 100% settled and then increase the aggression fully.. I increase aggression looking at whether the batsmen are settled or not... Dont care much about overs or dont leave everything towards the end.. And it works well for me... And i play on Normal level... And mostly score above 250...